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caucus in nevada. under repaired would be generous as a description of his state gop. quote, they just don't seem to be prepared at all. then there's the republican party up in new hampshire which saw its own state chairman up and quit amid serious fund raising problems in new hampshire. in iowa, you will recall the state chairman was forced to resign there after the party botched the iowa republican presidential caucus this year. under the state chairman's leadership, mitt romney won on election night. then it was a tie and it turned out rick santorum won. i'm sorry, i quit. the new iowa state chairman is known for being a supporter of ron paul. one telling politico, he's not a guy you have a lot of confidence in. we spoke to a veteran iowa politic observer who said there's angst among the party about their new chairman's ability to get the job done in iowa. state parties are important. the first thing that we think about are things like getting out the vote and the basic logistics for the presidentia
caucus in nevada. under repaired would be generous as a description of his state gop. quote, they just don't seem to be prepared at all. then there's the republican party up in new hampshire which saw its own state chairman up and quit amid serious fund raising problems in new hampshire. in iowa, you will recall the state chairman was forced to resign there after the party botched the iowa republican presidential caucus this year. under the state chairman's leadership, mitt romney won on...
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presidential caucus in nevada. one former nevada republican party official telling politico, quote, underprepared would be generous as a description of his state's gop. quote, they just don't seem to be prepared at all. then there's the republican party up in new hampshire which saw its own state chairman up and quit amid serious fund raising problems in new hampshire. in iowa, remember iowa? you recall the state chairman in iowa was forced to resign there after the party botched the iowa republican presidential caucus this year. under the state party chairman's leadership, remember mitt romney won on election day, oh, no, no, then it was a tie, no, actually, turns out rick santorum won. no, i'm sorry, i quit. the new iowa state chairman is known for being a vociferous reporter of ron paul. one iowa republican telling politico, quote, he's not a guy you have a lot of confidence in. we spoke to a veteran iowa observer today who confirmed to us there's considerable angst in iowa right now among republican party activ
presidential caucus in nevada. one former nevada republican party official telling politico, quote, underprepared would be generous as a description of his state's gop. quote, they just don't seem to be prepared at all. then there's the republican party up in new hampshire which saw its own state chairman up and quit amid serious fund raising problems in new hampshire. in iowa, remember iowa? you recall the state chairman in iowa was forced to resign there after the party botched the iowa...
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all told ron paul has had victories in nevada, maine, louisiana, alaska, minnesota and washington. that's eight states. he's not going to secure the republican nomination, but he and his supporters have a foot securely in the door of republican convention. the question is, will mitt romney trip over it? [ male announcer ] this is genco services -- mcallen, texas. in here, heavy rental equipment in the middle of nowhere, is always headed somewhere. to give it a sense of direction, at&t created a mobile asset solution to protect and track everything. so every piece of equipment knows where it is, how it's doing or where it goes next. ♪ this is the bell on the cat. [ male announcer ] it's a network of possibilities -- helping you do what you do... even better. ♪ pssst! don't go in there! it's your surprise party and we want this hair color to be party ready. let's get some dimensional color. now!? what if it comes out wrong? [ gigi ] nice 'n easy gets your right color every time. guaranteed. in one step get tones and highlights for a gorgeous result. now, go party! surprise! surpr
all told ron paul has had victories in nevada, maine, louisiana, alaska, minnesota and washington. that's eight states. he's not going to secure the republican nomination, but he and his supporters have a foot securely in the door of republican convention. the question is, will mitt romney trip over it? [ male announcer ] this is genco services -- mcallen, texas. in here, heavy rental equipment in the middle of nowhere, is always headed somewhere. to give it a sense of direction, at&t...
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romney speaking today in sparks, nevada. the most interesting thing about mitt romney making no sense and flailing on the basic question, dude, how's the economy, the most interesting thing when he says that the president made things worse, he knows that is not true. i'm not saying i can read his mind or that i surmise that he must know it's not true. what i mean it he has said, he has explained that he knows it's not true. >> you've also noted that there are signs of improvement on the horizon in the economy. how do you answer the president's argument that the economy is getting better in a general election campaign if you yourself are saying it's getting better? >> of course it's getting better. the economy always gets better after a recession, there is always a recovery. >> isn't that a hard argument to make, okay he inherited this recession, took steps to turn the economy around now we're seeing more jobs, but vote against him anyway? isn't that a hard argument to make, is that a stark enough contrast? >> have you got a
romney speaking today in sparks, nevada. the most interesting thing about mitt romney making no sense and flailing on the basic question, dude, how's the economy, the most interesting thing when he says that the president made things worse, he knows that is not true. i'm not saying i can read his mind or that i surmise that he must know it's not true. what i mean it he has said, he has explained that he knows it's not true. >> you've also noted that there are signs of improvement on the...
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nevada elects its first african-american congressman this year. america gets our first openly gay united states senator. america gets our first-ever asian american woman senator from hawaii. her seat in the house, i should note, gets filled by this woman, a democratic iraq war veteran. time going to tell you right now that her name is tulsy gabboard, because she is on the fast track to being very famous some day. speaking of iraq war veterans, tammy duckworth, veteran helicopter pilot, lost both her legs in congress, she is going to congress and sending home the opponent who mocked her for her war record, joe walsh. california relaxed its three strikes you're out law and rejected a law to cripple the power of unions. criminal legalization of marijuana was approved in washington and montana. sherrod brown and jon tester both won, held on to their seats. democrats won a senate seat in north dakota, of all places, a seat that nobody thought they could win. all of these states that had this hugely aggressive total republican takeover from the 2010 ele
nevada elects its first african-american congressman this year. america gets our first openly gay united states senator. america gets our first-ever asian american woman senator from hawaii. her seat in the house, i should note, gets filled by this woman, a democratic iraq war veteran. time going to tell you right now that her name is tulsy gabboard, because she is on the fast track to being very famous some day. speaking of iraq war veterans, tammy duckworth, veteran helicopter pilot, lost...
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in nevada romney got 50% of the vote, ron paul got 19%. when nevada sends 28 delegates to the party convention this summer, at least 22 of them will be ron paul's supporters. this weekend ron paul supporters took over the nevada county republican conventions. now, the nevada delegates are bound to the results from the february caucus which means they have to vote for romney even though they are paul supporters. that holds for the first round of voting. if mitt romney doesn't secure it on the first ballot, they're able to vote for whoever they darn well please. 22 of them darn well please ron paul. in maine's february straw poll romney got 39% to ron paul's 35%. when maine sends its 24 delegates to the convention, 21 will be ron paul supporters. because maine's february vote i was nonbinding those 21 delegates get to vote for ron paul in tampa. in other words, ron paul just won maine. he won maine using the delegate strategy our own anthony terrell said he'd use on the night of the maine caucus. >> the real race is in delegates. that's wher
in nevada romney got 50% of the vote, ron paul got 19%. when nevada sends 28 delegates to the party convention this summer, at least 22 of them will be ron paul's supporters. this weekend ron paul supporters took over the nevada county republican conventions. now, the nevada delegates are bound to the results from the february caucus which means they have to vote for romney even though they are paul supporters. that holds for the first round of voting. if mitt romney doesn't secure it on the...
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. >> these victories in nevada and maine are not unique. last month they took over the louisiana caucuses. in massachusetts, ron paul delegates were elected over mitt romney's. ron paul supporters got a ron paul elected state party chair in alaska. paul supporters have secured him half the delegates in iowa. more than half the delegates in minnesota and washington state. all told ron paul has had victories in nevada, maine, louisiana, alaska, minnesota and washington. that's eight states. he's not going to secure the republican nomination, but he and his supporters have a foot securely in the door of republican convention. the question is, will mitt )90%3g let's see what you got. rv -- covered. why would you pay for a hotel? i never do. motorcycles -- check. atv. i ride those. do you? no. boat. house. hello, dear. hello. hello. oh! check it -- [ loud r&b on car radio ] i'm going on break! the more you bundle, the more you save. now, that's progressive. >>> tonight the united states >>> tonight the united states senate voted three new ju
. >> these victories in nevada and maine are not unique. last month they took over the louisiana caucuses. in massachusetts, ron paul delegates were elected over mitt romney's. ron paul supporters got a ron paul elected state party chair in alaska. paul supporters have secured him half the delegates in iowa. more than half the delegates in minnesota and washington state. all told ron paul has had victories in nevada, maine, louisiana, alaska, minnesota and washington. that's eight states....
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and we think we probably won in nevada, because we're counting the precinct votes. the only thing that i might add there is nothing wrong or deceptive about this, anybody can stay. woody allen says 80% of success is showing up. our people show up. and they have a right to do that, and they are committed, and so they are running as delegates at the precinct level to the county convention where they will again run as delegates from the county convention to the state convention. >> are they being open at the precinct level, are they being open about the fact they will support ron paul no matter what happened at the caucus or is this sort of a sneak attack strategy? >> no, they are open. anybody can stay, and anybody can vote, in fact, the party is resisting this as often as they can. there have been occasions where they dismissed the meeting and relocate in another place to try to keep our people from participating. there are verbal memos that come down from the campaign in minnesota there was a verbal memo, they don't care to put it in print in which they told all the
and we think we probably won in nevada, because we're counting the precinct votes. the only thing that i might add there is nothing wrong or deceptive about this, anybody can stay. woody allen says 80% of success is showing up. our people show up. and they have a right to do that, and they are committed, and so they are running as delegates at the precinct level to the county convention where they will again run as delegates from the county convention to the state convention. >> are they...
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he was already campaigning out in nevada. because nevada is a caucus state, ron paul has a caucus state strategy. it was florida's him being in nevada made sense. in colorado, minnesota and missouri, where was mitt romney? he was in colorado, that was awkward because him being in colorado meant he expected to win in colorado and he did not win in colorado. then the matter of him not being able to fill the room he was in in colorado. on the night of michigan and arizona while mitt romney and rick santorum were both in michigan awaiting those results, where was newt gingrich? he was in georgia. newt gingrich knowing that he would frankly tank in michigan an arizona and knowing he needs to win his home state of georgia in order to make a credible case for staying in the race. where you are on an election night speaks volumes about your campaign strategy and expectations. tomorrow night on super tuesday, rick santorum will watch the returns come in the super tuesday returns, he will be watching those returns come in from a place
he was already campaigning out in nevada. because nevada is a caucus state, ron paul has a caucus state strategy. it was florida's him being in nevada made sense. in colorado, minnesota and missouri, where was mitt romney? he was in colorado, that was awkward because him being in colorado meant he expected to win in colorado and he did not win in colorado. then the matter of him not being able to fill the room he was in in colorado. on the night of michigan and arizona while mitt romney and...
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mitt romney rebounded, went on to win in florida and nevada, but losing south carolina after getting the endorsement of the republican governor, that turned out to be a sign of things to come. after tim pawlenty dropped out of the race last fall, he also threw support behind mitt romney for the republican nomination. but when minnesota republicans got their chance to vote, they went for rick santorum instead. mitt romney not only didn't win minnesota, he didn't even come in second in minnesota. he finished third in minnesota. despite having the endorsement of the state's former governor. in colorado, mitt romney managed to score the high profile endorsement of bill owens, while he won colorado by a huge margin in 2008, he lost it this time around. despite having the republican establishment there on his side. also in missouri, mitt romney managed to snatch up the coveted endorsement of that state's most recent republican governor, former governor matt blunt, missouri republicans took one look at that endorsement and decided to go with rick santorum instead. while the missouri primary
mitt romney rebounded, went on to win in florida and nevada, but losing south carolina after getting the endorsement of the republican governor, that turned out to be a sign of things to come. after tim pawlenty dropped out of the race last fall, he also threw support behind mitt romney for the republican nomination. but when minnesota republicans got their chance to vote, they went for rick santorum instead. mitt romney not only didn't win minnesota, he didn't even come in second in minnesota....
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in nevada, actually on the first ballot, the delegation that selected to go to the rnc nevada has to vote for the winner of the beauty contest on the first ballot, there after they can vote as they wish. but unless the candidate that won releases them which is conceivable the way the contest is going. in most states, yes, it's decided the rules are that the state convention will decide who the delegation is and the beauty contest is totally irrelevant those were the rules. it's not a new thing it's how barack obama won the democrat nomination four years before. hillary clinton carried california, she carried new york, she carried new jersey, pennsylvania, i don't know if she carried ohio, i can't remember ohio, but carried a lot of the biggest states but barack obama won the nomination because he worked hard in the caucus states. >> the different in the caucus state he won by large margins and got the delegates that way. you're claiming delegates you talked about thinking you won minnesota, won colorado, won nevada, that you may have won from reading the campaign stuff you may have w
in nevada, actually on the first ballot, the delegation that selected to go to the rnc nevada has to vote for the winner of the beauty contest on the first ballot, there after they can vote as they wish. but unless the candidate that won releases them which is conceivable the way the contest is going. in most states, yes, it's decided the rules are that the state convention will decide who the delegation is and the beauty contest is totally irrelevant those were the rules. it's not a new thing...
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they listed arizona and nevada and wisconsin as all leaning republican. well, now those are all moved inhesutego they no longer lean republican. now who knows. before the democratic convention, the two states that -- the two states they had consered tossups, too close to call, were ohio and michigan. well, now they have beenhifted into the leans docrac cary so they've shifted five senate race since the conventions and all of the shifts have been toward the democrats. a political scientist named larry sabido at the university of virginia also promised probably the most famous dividual person in the country whhas ng de th kinof ceinand aracri o today in addition to moving five swing states in the direction of president obama, mr. sabato moves others. three states moved in the republican direction. connecticut moved to tossup. puananmoveto lns maine moved from likely to leans democrat/independent. so three of the 11 senate races he moved moved in the republicans' direction. larry saba moved eight senate races the other way toward the democrats. 8 of the 11 m
they listed arizona and nevada and wisconsin as all leaning republican. well, now those are all moved inhesutego they no longer lean republican. now who knows. before the democratic convention, the two states that -- the two states they had consered tossups, too close to call, were ohio and michigan. well, now they have beenhifted into the leans docrac cary so they've shifted five senate race since the conventions and all of the shifts have been toward the democrats. a political scientist named...
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in nebraska -- nevada, caucuses to end at 3:00 p.m., then hate-add an extra one that started at 10:00 after the other ones were over. when they did end on saturday night, then they ended again, the state republican party was not able to release a final vote for nevada for two days. after they found they had more ballots cast than voters. that itself is remarkable given the republican party chair in nevada predicted a turnout of 70,000 people and they got less than half that. imagine what a mess it would have been had they got a reasonable turnout with less than half the people they expected it still took them more than two days to count it. all that disaster upon disaster in the republican race thus far, all that logistical collapse pales before missouri. voters will have the choice of these candidates, mitt romney, rick santorum, ron paul, rick perry, michele bachmann, herman cain and jon hundredsman -- huntsman. newt gingrich was polling in first place in missouri but he won't be on the ballot there. but that is the least of missouri's failure here. missouri had on the books missour
in nebraska -- nevada, caucuses to end at 3:00 p.m., then hate-add an extra one that started at 10:00 after the other ones were over. when they did end on saturday night, then they ended again, the state republican party was not able to release a final vote for nevada for two days. after they found they had more ballots cast than voters. that itself is remarkable given the republican party chair in nevada predicted a turnout of 70,000 people and they got less than half that. imagine what a mess...
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lost to mitt romney by nearly 30 points in nevada. and then national newt just kept right on losing. remember the saturday caucus was on a saturday night? we didn't get the final results until monday after the caucuses in nevada. and then the very next day there were three more contests, minnesota, colorado and missouri. not only did newt gingrich face plant in all three of those states, he wasn't on the ballot in missouri. that night after getting wiped out in three states, newt gingrich was invisible. all the other candidates gave speeches that night, but not newt gingrich. at least after he lost in nevada he didn't give a speech but held a press conference to announce his strategy going forward but after he lost colorado and minnesota and wasn't even on the ballot in minnesota, he went to bed early, didn't show up. he also then disappeared from the campaign trail, ostensibly to raise more money. and he disappeared from most of the media coverage of the campaign. in what is almost a perfect metaphor for the gingrich campaign at this
lost to mitt romney by nearly 30 points in nevada. and then national newt just kept right on losing. remember the saturday caucus was on a saturday night? we didn't get the final results until monday after the caucuses in nevada. and then the very next day there were three more contests, minnesota, colorado and missouri. not only did newt gingrich face plant in all three of those states, he wasn't on the ballot in missouri. that night after getting wiped out in three states, newt gingrich was...
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in nevada we didn't know the results for 2 1/2 days after. the republicans had caucuses for the whole state, then they had a whole extra caucus later on after all the other ones were done. extra caucus at the sheldon adelson school. in missouri part of the reason no one can say how many states have vote order delegates allocated because missouri held a wholly election had no meaning at all. the missouri primary on february 7th was required by state law which republicans in missouri couldn't figure out how to change. think held the required primary had a missouri result but they will pretend it didn't happen and then hold a caucus and say that will count aim i'm sure that will go smoothly. in maine the chairman declared a final result before whole swaths of the state had voted. first he said the parts of the state wouldn't count at all. then okay, maybe they will count but won't change the results. in michigan everybody thought the suspect whether or not mitt romney could win in his home state, turns out the suspense in michigan is whether or
in nevada we didn't know the results for 2 1/2 days after. the republicans had caucuses for the whole state, then they had a whole extra caucus later on after all the other ones were done. extra caucus at the sheldon adelson school. in missouri part of the reason no one can say how many states have vote order delegates allocated because missouri held a wholly election had no meaning at all. the missouri primary on february 7th was required by state law which republicans in missouri couldn't...